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The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Evaristo, J., Li, Z., Chun, K., Sutanudjaja, E. H., Cardenas, M. B., …van Genuchten, M. T. (in press). The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis. Vadose Zone Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20304

Tritium present in deep vadose zones is a useful tracer for estimating groundwater recharge, but its full utility is constrained by not knowing where and for how long the tritium tracing method remains applicable. We obtained 44 tritium profiles from... Read More about The nature and extent of bomb tritium remaining in deep vadose zone: A synthesis and prognosis.

Introduction: Setting the scene (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2023). Introduction: Setting the scene. In Biodiversity Litigation (1-32). Oxford University Press

In 2020, the cognitive dissonance of environmental governance was made painfully clear. At the same time that the pandemic shed light on the disastrous and direct consequences of environmental degradation for the well-being of humans worldwide, envir... Read More about Introduction: Setting the scene.

Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (in press). Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment. In Order and Disorder in Geopolitics and Global Governance (161-181). Nomos

Resource sovereignty indicates the rights of the states to explore, develop and dispose of their natural resources and is set out in the UNGA Resolution 1803 which declares unequivocally that “[t]he right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereign... Read More about Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment.

Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Razzaque, J. (2023, October). Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice?. Presented at Guest Lecture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has emerged as a powerful tool that advocates environmental justice. It allows concerned citizens, environmental activists, and non-governmental organizations to initiate legal proceedings on behalf of the public or t... Read More about Does public interest litigation act as an enabler of environmental justice?.

Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding (2023)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2023). Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding. In D. Dam-de Jong, & B. Sjöstedt (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding. Edward Elgar Publishing

In the face of various post-conflict challenges and conflicting priorities, it is tempting in the short term to dismiss environmental issues or setting them aside for later. However, taking this stance is short sighted as bringing in natural resource... Read More about Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding.

Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges (2022)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2022). Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges. In Biodiversity Litigation (359-400). Oxford University Press

In the chapters of this book, we have learned a great deal about biodiversity litigation in all its forms. We have seen cases arising in all continents except Antarctica. We have seen jurisdictions where International Biodiversity Law (IBL) significa... Read More about Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges.

Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism (2022)
Thesis
Brown, C. Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7249099

Regardless of the existence of a wide range of regulatory instruments and agencies, the petroleum sector has remained largely unregulated in Nigeria. The impact of lack of or weak regulation is seen in the increasing environmental degradation across... Read More about Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism.

Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development (2021)
Journal Article
Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., Razzaque, J., McElwee, P., Turnhout, E., Kelemen, E., Rusch, G. M., …Zaleski, D. (2021). Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 53, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.06.002

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative chang... Read More about Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development.

The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2021, April). The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change?. Paper presented at Thirteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses (online),, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change: The right response to climate change?.

The French citizens’ convention on climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The French citizens’ convention on climate change. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law, 76-84

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change.

Redressing harmful environmental practices in the Nigerian petroleum industry through the criminal justice approach (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, C. T., & Okogbule, N. S. (2020). Redressing harmful environmental practices in the Nigerian petroleum industry through the criminal justice approach. Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, 11(1), 18-55. https://doi.org/10.4314/jsdlp.v11i1.3

The discovery and continued exploitation of crude oil in Nigeria with its many advantages, has exposed the Nigerian environment to several forms of pollution and degradation. Consequently, extensive harm has been done to the human and natural environ... Read More about Redressing harmful environmental practices in the Nigerian petroleum industry through the criminal justice approach.

Protecting the environment during multinational military operations (2019)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2019). Protecting the environment during multinational military operations. In The 'Legal Pluriverse' Surrounding Multinational Military Operations. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842965.001.0001

The chapter examines issues concerning the protection of the environment during multinational military operations. Taking into consideration the International Law Commission’s (ILC) recent work regarding the protection of the environment in relation... Read More about Protecting the environment during multinational military operations.

Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers (2019)
Report
Razzaque, J., & Visseren-Hamakers, . I. (2019). Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers. Paris, France: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servcies (IPBES)

In recent decades, the extent and scope of societal responses to environmental problems, including biodiversity decline, have been extensive and diverse. The outcomes, however, have been mixed across sectors and levels of governance, with limited suc... Read More about Global assessment Chapter 6: Options for decision makers.

Will remediation ever be enough? The environmental pollution tragedy (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, C. T. (2019). Will remediation ever be enough? The environmental pollution tragedy. International Journal of Law, 5(2), 28-30

Environmental pollution affects every aspect of human existence. Prior to the development of the legal framework for environmental regulation, environmental infractions persisted unabated until reprieve came in the form of compensation and injunction... Read More about Will remediation ever be enough? The environmental pollution tragedy.

Social and economic rights and transformative constitutionalism in Africa: Imperative of expanding the frontiers of judicial activism (2019)
Journal Article
Okogbule, N. S., & Brown, C. T. (2019). Social and economic rights and transformative constitutionalism in Africa: Imperative of expanding the frontiers of judicial activism. US-China Law Review, 16(2), 52-64. https://doi.org/10.17265/1548-6605/2019.02.002

Social and economic rights have undergone tremendous transformation over the years. Initially regarded with disdain and contempt, and as rights only to be realized progressively, these rights have increasingly become the cornerstone of activism in th... Read More about Social and economic rights and transformative constitutionalism in Africa: Imperative of expanding the frontiers of judicial activism.

Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Razzaque, J. (2016, October). Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment. Presented at CPG's 7th Annual Conference: “The Great Game Reloaded: Order and Disorder in Geopolitics and Global Governance", Bangkok, Thailand

Quite how sovereignty is interpreted in the international environmental law remains less than straightforward and how sovereignty interacts with the right-based approach to promote sustainable development remains surprisingly under-explored. At the n... Read More about Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment.